On February 27, members of the Leschi Community Council met with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) staff, neighboring condominium residents, and local Life Scouts to discuss plans for improving the Dearborn Street End. Omar Akkari, SDOT’s Shoreline Street Ends Program Coordinator, shared a draft concept plan for the site. The proposal focuses on replacing the existing lawn with native plantings and a defined pathway while also refreshing the two existing benches. Th

On Wednesday, March 4, Leschi residents gathered to hear updates and discuss current and future projects along the neighborhood’s shoreline. Leschi’s access to Lake Washington is one of the features that makes the neighborhood so special, and the evening offered neighbors a chance to learn about restoration efforts, upcoming improvements, and ongoing stewardship of these shared spaces. Nikola Davidson opened the discussion with an update on a series of habitat plantings along

Despite pouring rain, about 15 dedicated volunteers showed up on Saturday, February 7 for a remarkably productive work party—proof once again that Leschi stewardship doesn’t stop for the weather. Volunteers removed invasive bindweed roots and buttercup in the first overlook area, cleared weeds and dead shrubs near the second overlook, and spread generous amounts of mulch both in newly cleared areas and in places where invasives had been removed previously. The mulch will help

The Leschi Community Council recently submitted a grant proposal to the Seattle Garden Club to support a new interpretive kiosk at Peppi’s Playground—a project intended to highlight and support Peppi’s Woods, the community-stewarded natural area adjacent to the playground and Leschi Elementary. This proposal grew from a suggestion by one of Peppi’s Woods volunteer Forest Stewards and reflects early concept development. If funded, the project would intentionally move into a br

On a summer evening, I joined longtime Leschi Forest Stewards, Darrell Howe and Darcy Thompson, for a walk through Frink Park and upper...

If you noticed people sketching along the Lakeside Avenue shopping area and in Leschi Park on August 30, it was the Seattle Chapter of...

This summer saw a record number of Leschi work parties! Seattle’s Day of Service on July 12th brought volunteers to multiple locations in...

Construction may start as early as August with parts of the work needed to replace the Leschi Pier and construct a new breakwater/walkway...

Earth Day is a great time to help clean up our neighborhood and restore our green spaces! Join us for our Earth Day Clean-Up event on...

Early in the 20th century, the Massachusetts-based Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, designer of New York City’s Central Park and...

The Army Camp: A Researcher’s Odyssey Part 3 Soon after my second search through school district papers for references to the army camp...

The Army Camp: A Researcher’s Odyssey Part 1 Before the present-day Powell Barnett Park in Leschi was acquired by Seattle’s park...